Selected Ambient Works

Grindcore

Instrumental heavy metal.

Techno, house, trance, or nintendo music.

LoFi

Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn't have to actively process the lyrics).

Lofi covers of video game music. Mostly Zelda, because I am a dork.

Krautrock

Depends on the kind of concentration. If I'm programming or doing some kind of math, I want fury. I'm reaching for Slayer or Megadeth or the Doom sound track. Nothing like Angel of Death to plow through something.

If it's more contemplative, power ballads. Something I can sing without focusing on it. I Want to Know What Love Is. Keeps pace, but it's more emotional. Keeps me in that thoughtful place.

Cooking, woodworking, cleaning. Something active but not on the whole fast. Heavy metal, southern rock, or blues. Kiss, CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, BB King. Something even tempo that can pick up and come back down. Freebird followed by Fortunate Son is a good example.

When I was in the office, always metal. At home I'm more likely to listen to classical, but still metal if I need to be totally focused.

I've been listening to breakcore lately. Gets me in the mood for serious work, it's like a microdose of adhd meds

Anything without vocals so that it doesn't force me to actually think about it, just vibe.

Lately Chikoi The Maid (maidcore rock) or Gnome (just-riffs-rock?) to some dnb/techno stuff, depends on the mood and how hard I need to focus - faster is better then.

The first Sims game soundtrack

When I really need to concentrate I put on music in a foreign language. Mainly German because I've found a lot of German bands I like. Some of my favorites that sing mainly in German:

• Wizo
• Die Ärzte
• Die Toten Hosen
• We Butter Out Bread With Butter

Drum'n'Bass

Honestly, I cant listen to anything while trying to concentrate. Music distracts me when I'm trying to focus on a mental task. Now if I'm doing physical labor or whatever, much easier. 80s music for sure. New Wave, synthpop. Good stuff.

It's really hard to time it just right but the theme to Jeopardy 👍

Get it wrong and it'll really surprise you!

House music. Nearly everyday while I code. Mostly Chris Luno sets.

There's a channel on Youtube called My Analogue Journey, I usually chuck that on.

Gaming LoFi, Gaming Metal, Gaming Jazz, Space Folk

Techno and heavy metal.

Usually none, sometimes classical music, Viennese Classic especially

buckethead. i cant focus with lyrics and i found his work perfect.

I have an ambient playlist with artists like Carbon Based Lifeforms, Sync24, 36, Cell, and some tracks from video game soundtracks.

None. Otherwise, I'm listening to music instead of concentrating on whatever I should be.

Always Emancipator. Safe In The Steep Cliffs is excellent.

video game music is designed to pump you up without breaking your concentration.

almost anything with lyrics in it is a no go for me if my goal is to have background music to relax/study to. also lofi.

Psytrance is ideal. Designed for dancing yourself into a trance, perfect for energetic flow state concentration, like studying.

Chillstep or lofi for focus.

Sublime and the like for cleaning.

I like Blue Turtle's playlists, especially the Ithya ones. They're mostly folkish intrumentals and some gentle chillstep

"Elevated Jam Tracks" on youtube (mostly chords and no distracting words/vocals).

Minecraft soundtrack

Deep House

Been on the lofi Chopin and similar songs lately.

https://open.spotify.com/track/52gMaGkqtK2GIjWaIgwIW8?si=D8GI6SeVQe6BQGM4OWYVHg

trance and sextrance
like everyday actually

breakcore (dnb), maidcore (progressive instrumental metal) or jazz fusion

I've had the Billie Eilish's new album on loop recently. But before that I'd usually have some Floyd or god machine on.

I have the ADHD and unless it's a mindless task, I can't listen to music or it makes it much harder for me to concentrate. For anyone else with the disorder, I'd encourage you to at least give it a shot working WITHOUT music and see if it improves your concentration.

Found this playlist on Spotify recently called Creative Flow Music and it is now my go-to.